John Wockenfuss

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: February 27, 1949 in Welch, WV us

Died: August 19, 2022 in Wilmington, DE

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 42nd round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dickinson HS (Wilmington, DE).

High School: Dickinson HS (Wilmington, DE)

Debut: August 11, 1974 (Age 25-165d, 13,528th in major league history)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 15, 1985 (Age 36-169d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

2072

543

.262

267

RBI

310

OBP

.349

SLG

.432

OPS

.782

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	Apr 26	DET		BOS	L,7-12	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	19 (3)	May 2	DET	@	OAK	L,6-10	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
3	24 (4)	May 7	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	GF	15	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
4	27 (2)	May 10	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	31 (3)	May 16	DET		BAL	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	32	May 18	DET		BAL	W,6-4	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	33	May 19	DET		NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	34	May 20	DET		NYY	W,12-8	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	36 (1)	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	39 (2)	May 25	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	40	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,5-13	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	42 (1)	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
13	43	May 30	DET		CAL	W,12-1	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	45 (1)	Jun 2	DET		SEA	T,3-3	GS	51	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
15	46	Jun 3	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
16	47	Jun 4	DET		SEA	W,8-2	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
17	48	Jun 6	DET	@	MIL	L,4-8	GS	38	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
18	50 (1)	Jun 8	DET	@	MIL	W,9-5	GS	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	LF 1B
19	51	Jun 10	DET		MIN	W,8-3	GS	24	7.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
20	54 (2)	Jun 13	DET		CHW	W,8-4	GS	16	5.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
21	55	Jun 14	DET		CHW	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
22	57 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	DET		MIL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	58	Jun 17	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
24	59	Jun 19	DET	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
25	60	Jun 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	61	Jun 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
27	62	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
28	63	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	64	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	2	1B
30	65	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
31	66	Jun 25	DET	@	CLE	W,13-3	GS	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C 1B
32	68 (1)	Jun 28	DET	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	71 (2)	Jul 1	DET		CLE	L,7-8	GS	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	72	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	2	6	0	1B
35	75 (2)	Jul 5	DET		TOR	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	79 (3)	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
37	80	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
38	81	Jul 14	DET	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
39	82	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	83	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
41	85 (1)	Jul 19	DET	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
42	91 (5)	Jul 26	DET		OAK	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
43	92	Jul 27 (1)	DET		OAK	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
44	93	Jul 27 (2)	DET		OAK	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
45	96 (2)	Jul 30	DET		CAL	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	98 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	DET		SEA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
47	99	Aug 1 (2)	DET		SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	100	Aug 2	DET		SEA	W,9-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
49	101	Aug 3	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	102	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,5-6	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
51	104 (1)	Aug 6	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
52	105	Aug 8	DET	@	TEX	W,8-0	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
53	106	Aug 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
54	108 (1)	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,8-7	GS	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B C
55	110 (1)	Aug 13	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GS	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	1	LF 1B
56	112 (1)	Aug 15	DET		TEX	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
57	114 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	DET		TEX	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
58	116 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	MIL	L,5-12	GS	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B C
59	120 (3)	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	121	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	60	12.2	14	3	0	17	1	1B
61	122	Aug 23	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
62	123	Aug 24	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
63	124	Aug 26	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
64	125	Aug 27	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	58	13.1	18	3	0	21	2	1B
65	127 (1)	Aug 29	DET		MIL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
66	129 (1)	Aug 31	DET		MIL	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	130	Sep 1	DET		CHW	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
68	132 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
69	133	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
70	135 (1)	Sep 6	DET		MIN	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
71	136	Sep 7	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
72	138 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	DET		BAL	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
73	139	Sep 9	DET		BAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
74	140	Sep 10	DET		BAL	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	141	Sep 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	142	Sep 13	DET	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	143	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	54	12.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	144	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	146 (1)	Sep 17	DET	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
80	147	Sep 18	DET	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
81	148	Sep 19	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
82	149	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
83	153 (3)	Sep 24	DET		TOR	W,9-8	GS	48	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	C 1B
84	154	Sep 26	DET		NYY	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
85	155	Sep 27	DET		NYY	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
86	156	Sep 28	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	8	2	1	11	1	1B
87	157	Sep 29	DET	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
88	158	Sep 30	DET	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	159	Oct 1	DET	@	TOR	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	160	Oct 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
91	161	Oct 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
92	162	Oct 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
93	163	Oct 5	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	26	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
							100gm		768.1	573	47	11	631	44